Launched at ASTRO 2026, the high-speed Accela platform can deliver stereotactic treatments in a single breath-hold
Read article: Siemens Healthineers unveils ultrafast Accela radiotherapy system
Hilsum helped develop commercial applications for liquid crystals
Read article: Cyril Hilsum, former GEC research boss and Institute of Physics president, dies aged 101
€1bn funding package has been turned down by the Thirty Meter Telescope International Organization
Read article: Thirty Meter Telescope rejects La Palma as alternative host site
The picture – The Quiet Predator– was taken by Kuwaiti photographer Ali Alobaidly
Read article: Spectacular image of the Shark Nebula wins Royal Observatory Greenwich prize
The observatory will also study exoplanets, black holes and map billions of galaxies
Read article: NASA launches Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to shed light on the dark universe
Move by the US Department of Defense affects 30 research universities
Read article: US orders universities to audit foreign research ties
Studies presented at the ASTRO 2026 meeting provide new evidence that could help inform radiation treatments of patients with brain metastases
Read article: Radiotherapy trials shape future treatments of brain metastases
A mysterious signal from a powerful gamma-ray burst may reveal how exotic particles and altered physics could let extreme radiation cross the universe
Read article: Scientists explain how a 300 TeV photon could reach Earth
Low-energy system is simple and reusable
Read article: DNA computer settles in thermodynamic equilibrium
A novel crystallization approach boosts submerged solar cells to unprecedented stability, enabling effective conversion of filtered submarine light into sustainable underwater power
Read article: Polymer-tuned perovskite creates high-efficiency underwater solar cells
Incorporating satellite measurements of water vapour isotopes into weather models can improve weather forecasts, particularly when predicting heavy rainfall
Read article: Heavy water isotopes make weather predictions more accurate
Foundational postulates of the path-integral formulation observed in the lab
Read article: Single-photon measurements confirm Richard Feynman’s vision of quantum mechanics
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Richard de Grijs looks at how the Roman Space Telescope will change astronomy forever
Read article: How the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will turn the sky into a dataset
The growth of AI and papermills has caused publishers countless headaches
Read article: How scientific publishers are fighting back against fraudulent papermills
Chris Sinclair explores the plays that are bringing physics to new audiences
Read article: Theatre is bringing physics to new audiences but what is the definitive science play?
Tushna Commissariat and Matin Durrani guide physics students through the maze of career options
Read article: From student to scientist – how to build a career with physics
Joe McEntee examines attempts to make particle accelerators more sustainable
Read article: Big science seeks big wins from sustainability efforts
Sidney Perkowitz looks into alternative computing methods inspired by physics to improve computational efficiency and power
Read article: The physics of novel computation: beyond bits and chips to spikes and spins
We make our prize predictions for 2026
Read article: Is this the year for a Nobel prize in condensed matter, or maybe particle physics?
It would have been the earliest example of space weather impacting human technology, but an international team of researchers found a slight problem
Read article: Did space weather delay a train in 1841?
Discover how big science is playing its part to tackle the climate crisis
Read article: The free-to-read Physics World Big Science Briefing 2026 is out now
The sculpture forms part of Pavel’s sculptural series devoted to figures in science and culture
Read article: Belarusian sculptor unveils artwork honouring US physicist Jim Gates
While energy usage could be met, water would cause some issues
Read article: Moon’s water reserves insufficient to sustain a lunar city, astronomers find
Debate spans atomic and particle physics
Read article: Doubts cast on ‘superradiant neutrino laser’ proposal
A cryostat that can reach temperatures of 4 K and warm back up again within just two hours offers an efficient solution for testing the electronic components needed to build quantu...
Read article: Faster cryogenics speeds up quantum testing
Bringing measurements across time, space and spectrum together is revealing the hidden dynamics of innovative optoelectronic devices and novel semiconductor materials
Read article: Above-average correlative materials characterization
The European Space Agency recruits from all over Europe (and beyond) to further its mission of peacefully exploring and using space for the benefit of everyone
Read article: Careers at the frontier of space technology
Andrew Glester reviews the film Mercy, directed by Timur Bekmambetov
Read article: Demon in the AI machine: bias, bad data and the burden of proof
Honor Powrie pays tribute to the work of tribologists
Read article: The secret world of tribology
Margaret Harris reviews Trinity: an Illustrated History of the World’s First Atomic Test
Read article: Illuminating, beautiful and disturbing: a photographic record of the Trinity atomic test
Robert P Crease discovers the true extent of materials science in a dental lab
Read article: Get your teeth into the cutting edge of materials science
Students need to experiment with real quantum-computing systems, says Alex Krasnok
Read article: Universities should judge quantum-computing investments by what students learn
Honor Powrie offers advice for physicists at the start of their careers
Read article: Honor Powrie: 10 things I wish I’d known (or done better) when I started my career
Kiefer Vermeulen is research team lead at Delft Circuits in the Netherlands
Read article: Ask me anything: Kiefer Vermeulen – ‘We had to figure everything out on a shoestring budget and on a really challenging timescale’
Kristian Dominek Barajas is head of quantum theory at Oxford Ionics, an IonQ company
Read article: Ask me anything: Kristian Dominek Barajas – ‘I’m able to take a really complicated problem and give it my best guess’
Gleb Yakubov talks to Sarah Bridle a physicist who has studied food at the University of York
Read article: From galaxies to groceries: how Sarah Bridle made the switch from cosmology to food
Mary Bishai is an experimental neutrino physicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory in the US
Read article: Ask me anything: Mary Bishai – ‘For a self-professed nerd like me, doing big science is heaven’
Paul Howarth is set to be IOP president until 2029
Read article: Institute of Physics president Paul Howarth outlines his vision for physics
Gwenaëlle Lefeuvre is the network coordinator for Photonics Bretagne, an innovation hub supporting the photonics ecosystem in Brittany, France
Read article: Ask me anything: Gwenaëlle Lefeuvre ‘Not everyone is built to be a specialist and there is nothing wrong with that’
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